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How to read Lexicon

1. How should one approach Lexicon?2. What are the chapters that are a must read? (I notice that there are many real life examples also mentioned in the book which might not be very relevant from the exam PoV but make the reading interesting. Should such anecdotes be skipped? Though they can be sited as examples in our answers)3. Does it involve reading, underlining, memorising and using those ideas in the answers?

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